Dead Island is an upcoming videogame
being developed and published by Techland for the Xbox 360[1]
and Microsoft Windows. It is an
open-ended game centered on survival and trying to find the
protagonist's wife on a zombie-infested island.[2]
The game uses a first-person perspective; however, the developers
are claiming that the game should not be labeled a first-person shooter due to a
bigger emphasis on melee combat and ammunition conservation, rather
than a shoot 'em up.[2]
The website has been under reconstruction for a few years now.
Techland are also currently trying to work on a Playstation 3 compatible version of the
game, news of which was announced during an interview with the
games developers.

Contents

Gameplay

The game features a sandbox style gameplay on a tropical island separated by loading
screens.

The game features a multilayer damage system.

There is a number of human factions that the player can join or
be hostile with, these include the Military and Bandits.

The main zombies are the George A Romero's slow
walking zombies, but there is however more than one type of
zombie.

The game is more focused on melee combat, the player can pick
up almost anything and use it as a weapon, (e.g. picking up a glass
cup on a table and throwing it at a zombie) there are firearms
but ammo will be hard to find to give the game more of a survival horror
feel.

Plot

A recently married couple, flying to a vacation of their dreams, is torn apart when
their plane crashes on a remote pacific island. The player, a man named
Mike Jennings, must find his lost wife in a zombie infested island,
as well as find out what caused the zombie outbreak and deal with
the various other human factions that inhabit the island.

Development

Although Dead Island has been in development for quite some
time, the game has not been canceled. Some speculation has been
circulating that the game has been canceled due to the fact that
the game's site has been "under construction" since mid 2008. In a
short interview with one of the game's leading developers in July
2009 it is revealed that the game has not been canceled but the
game's unknown publisher imposed a media ban on Techland to stop
them from showing off Dead Island, Techland has stated that the
current status of the game is "still in development and looking
great."[3]